1. The relationship between health-related quality of life, acceptance of illness and characteristics of pregnant women with hyperglycemia
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Grażyna Iwanowicz-Palus, Marta Zarajczyk, and Agnieszka Bień
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Quality of life ,Acceptance of illness ,Woman ,Pregnancy ,Gestational diabetes mellitus ,Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics ,R858-859.7 - Abstract
Abstract Background The study was performed to evaluate the association between socio-demographic factors on the one hand, and quality of life and illness acceptance on the other, in pregnant women with hyperglycemia. Methods The study was performed in the years 2016–2017 in south-eastern Poland. The study included 676 women: 339 pregnant women with hyperglycemia in the case group, and 337 healthy pregnant women in the control group. The research instruments applied included the WHOQOL-BREF quality of life questionnaire, the Acceptance of Illness Scale (AIS), and a general questionnaire. Results Factors associated with quality of life in women with hyperglycemia include: relationship status, residence, professional activity, living conditions, number of pregnancies, self-reported knowledge of diabetes treatment and lifestyle and also of the potential pregnancy complications and fetal health impact associated with the disease, as well as the type of diabetes treatment (p
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- 2020
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